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I took the shot and ________ a photograph

FIRST-SEMESTER ENGLISH EXAM came out of the camera.
CLASS 10AB A. remarkably B. steadily
Student’s full name: _______________ C. instantly D. Shortly
Class : ……. 13. I _______ him before we were put in one
group in the workshop.
A. had never met
CODE B. was never meeting
C. has never met
D. never meets
Choose the best word or phrase to 14. The murderer was arrested and
complete the following sentences: sentenced ______ life.
1. My dancing instructor is very ________ and A. in B. for
loving teacher. C. to D. of
A. breath-taking B. amazed 15. Many people get sick after ______ the fish
C. impressed D. dedicated ______ in the polluted waters.
2. She is working for a ________ organization. A. having been eaten – being caught
A. non-specific B. non-profit B. eating – caught
C. non-refundable D. non-negotiable C. they eat – catching
3. A profile is a description of someone ______ D. having eaten- are caught
all of the most interesting facts about them. 16. Mike agreed _________ by the reporters of
A. containing B. which contain The New York Times.
C. who is containing D. contained A. to interview
4. Poaching and lumber-jack are destroying B. to have interviewed
the natural ______. C. being interviewed
A. reservation B. background D. to be interviewed
C. tradition D. habitat 17. If you knew the truth, you ______
5. I ______ the sales manager now if I _______ completely surprised.
such a terrible mistake. A. will be B. are
A. will be/ haven’t made C. would be D. would have been
B. would be / didn’t make 18. Helen left her camping _______ behind
C. would be / had not made when she went camping.
D. would have been/ had not made A. kit B. Tools
6. With the help of modern devices, those C. Packet D. Gear
who suffer hearing or vision _____ find life 19. The parcel is easily broken, so you have
easier. to treat it _____.
A. disadvantage B. A. under attention B. with caution
inconvenience C. in position D. with effort
C. deficiency D. impairment 20. The cat ______ before it _____ out for the
7. The demonstrators made _______ protests night.
against apartheid. A. will be fed – puts
A. complete B. mass B. must be fed – is put
C. total D. whole C. should feed – is put
8. She ________the last flight to Hanoi tonight. D. is fed – has been put
A. is taking B. takes
C. will be taking D. was taking Pick out the word whose stress pattern
9. Would you please send me the latest is different
record _____ you mentioned in the press 21. A. tragedy B. theatrical
conference? C. comedy D. aspect
A. that B. whose 22. A. diversity B. opportunity
C. which D. of which C. reservation D. revolutionary
10. If I had been more patient, I ______ the 23. A. mosaic B. amphibian
game. C. strategy D. cooperative
A. could win B. could have won 24. A. geography B. creativity
C. can win D. won C. technological D. satisfaction
11. The man ______ sunbathing on the 25. A. poison B. mammal
deserted beach. C. certain D. research
A. was laying B. lay
C. laid D. lied

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Choose the best answer to fill in each Read the passage and choose the
blank: correct answers:
Robots are amazing machines (I)______ can Marie Curie was born in Warsaw on
be programmed to copy people’s basic November 7, 1867. She received a general
actions and movements. They can do education in local schools and some scientific
(II)_______ any kind of work. Robots have training from her father. As a brilliant
cost some people their jobs, (III)_______ student, she harboured the dream of a
there are advantages to using them. scientific career, which was impossible for a
After World War II George Devol invented a woman at that time. To save money for a
device that could (IV)________ a machine to study tour abroad, she had to work as a
do the same task repeatedly. Devol designed private tutor. Finally, in 1891, Marie, with
the first programmable robot in 1954 and very little money to live on, came to Paris to
started his company Universal Automation. realize her dream at the Sorbonne. Despite
In 1961, robots were used (V)_____ together her difficult living conditions, she worked
cars, and not long afterwards , robots were extremely hard. She earned a physics degree
used in automobile factories around the with flying colors, and went on to take
world. another degree in mathematics. She met
26. (I) Pierre Curie in the School of Physics in 1894
A. which B. whose and in the following year they got married.
C. who D. they From then on, they worked together on their
27. (II) research. In 1903, Marie became the first
A. utmost B. most woman to receive a PhD from the Sorbonne.
C. mostly D. almost She was the first woman in France to be a
28. (III) university professor. Soon after, she was
A. but B. while awarded a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for
C. as D. because determining the atomic weight of radium.
29. (IV)
A. advise B. lead 36. What does the phrase ‘with flying
C. make D. control colors’ mean?
30. (V) A. Specially
A. to be put B. as putting B. colorfully
C. to put D. to putting C. Satisfactorily
D. Successfully
Identify the mistake in each of the 37. How could Marie Curie realize her dream?
following sentences: A. By working hard to get through Sorbonne
31. If I were you, I will not invest such a lot of B. By working in Warsaw
money in the company where he works. C. By being trained by her father
A. will B. such a lot D. By saving money to travel
C. in the D. where 38. Which of the following statement is NOT
32. Though the children had been to the zoo true about Marie Curie?
many times, they still felt exciting about the A. She got married in 1895
trip. B. She got a PhD in Sorbonne
A. had been B. times C. It was not easy for her to become a
C. felt exciting D. the scientist
33. Annie, that I met in the summer camp, D. She won a Nobel Prize in Physics
has become my best friend. 39. What does this passage mainly discuss?
A. that B. the A. Marie Curie’s success in Physics
C. has become D. my best B. Marie Curie’s schooling
34. My father never allows me to go out after C. Marie Curie’s dream of scientific career
10pm despite I am now 22. D. Marie Curie’s biography
A. allows B. to go 40. What did Marie Curie study in Sorbonne?
C. after D. despite A. Physics
35. It was not until Kate telephoned the B. Math and Chemistry
Customer Service Assistance did she receive C. Physics and Math
the refunds. D. Chemistry and Physics
A. not until B. telephoned
C. did she receive D. refunds

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1. D 11. B 21. B 31. A
2. B 12. C 22. A 32. C
3. A 13. A 23. C 33. A
4. D 14. C 24. A 34. D
5. C 15. B 25. D 35. C
6. D 16. D 26. A 36. D
7. B 17. C 27. D 37. A
8. A 18. D 28. A 38. D
9. A 19. B 29. D 39. D
10. B 20. B 30. C 40. C